Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-09

al visits in our midst the word went through the town, 'sWill Harding is home, and everyone took posht ppostion made him favorite with all He came among us few days ago with unusually bright Miss Edna c. Burton, of west Haven His intended came on to see him and their wishes were carried out and the departed friend left behind him bride and a widow The circumstances connected with this death seem unusually sad, and the relatives ter Hull of the Tontine and Captain Parker of the Elliott House, warm friends of the deeeaseo, were present at the funeral and acted as pallbearers.
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 A MuRDERoUs ASSAULT IN A ROLLING M1LL-NEw
 PHASES OF THE LABOR TROUBLES
 SouTH1NGToE May S-Pasqual Mates, Italian, struck Patrick Welch. 2d, on the head with a four pound iron tongs at the 4stna Nut company's roll hurts W did not prove to be as dangerous at first supposed. pr. steadman found that the skull was tongs ton Were sewed up and Welcil was able to be around. The two men were having friendly Henry Churchill. clerk in GA Listers meat mar morning, was bitten in the face and the wound was much swollen Saturday night.
 fathers colt Saturday afternoon was bitten in the side. never pay in any more money to the exchequer of the Knights of Labor. The general opinion here is ehaItsr Ten or twel7e Knife makers in addition to the twenty eight at work, applied Saturoay ana VIII Harry Gray, knife maker, was assaulted in O sa- loon on Safety avenue Thursday evening by one of the strikers The men had learned that Gray in tended to resume work and this was the only causs for the attack. Gray went to work Friday. extensive arrangements tor the fair to take placs
 General State News.
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 The estate of the late Benjamin Wood, of Sufield, is inventored at $95 4SS.
 
 Mrs. George Cook of Yalesville, while mounting the platform of 8 train at Meriden Thursday, was and bsr c tW9 to one of tDe robbe was tracked to a closet back of a saloon and the money wes recovered, but the men made good their escape.
 HER 1C0TH BIRTHDAY.
 Mrs Betz Averill celebrated the tooth anniversary of her birth at New Preston Thursday Friends and and she was the recipient of numerous presents and letters of congratulation. The Connec icut Indian association passed resolutions Of respect.
 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
 The speakers in the eshman prize cont est at Middletown are: Trasker, Noble, Bell, Thompson Hughes Prentice. Miles; for the junior declama tion and debate: Beattys, Gordon, Ingraham leyan will have field day May 13 and the success ful contestants on that day will represent the col lege in the intercollegiate contests May sI.
 TO CORNER STONE. Masons of Fairfield county ociate at the laying of the corner stone or the new talrheld county court house. The affair will take place some time during the month of June. Snch a demonstration has ire quenty taken place in the erection of public build ings. If the project is carried out several thousand members of the Masonic fraternity will be present and the occasioR prove one Of much magnitude. ALL ON THE HEAD. The habit common to many foreigners Of carry ing all kinds of heavy bundles their heads is in stanced about the city every day. Particularly on and women carrying home frewood in th.s man ner from the outlying country, but this feat was seen with a No. : cooking Stove balanced on her head. The other morning, in the gray dawn at 1 o'clock 100 Italians. men and boys, went chatter1g down Main street, every mothers son of them car rying straw bed on his head besides being encum bered with pots, pans and other domestic utensils Bridgeport News.
 MANY MILLIONS OF ENVELOPES.
 At Washington May the Postme ster General awarded to the HolyoKe Envelope company the con tract for supplying the Postof1ce department with registered package and other official envelopes The aGyGks bd d bv Was fb and the o companies and $s7, ,s1 .73 by P. P Kellogg & Go. oi Springfield. The Holyoke company's price was This contract was secured by the Flimpton and Morgan companies last year from Holyoke, where it had been for the year previous, and ths worl will, be continued there at the envelope l. This particular branch of the envelope bushes: for the government is awarded annually. The number of envelopes called for is about 50e~oG1o year.
 The stamped envelope branch is another matter This contract the Plimpton and Morgan cosnpauiei four years this work is contracted for and this con cern secured it last October for the ensuing foul years. All the stamped envelopes used in the c3un try made under this contract and somewhert about 60.C 900 annually produced. The forc employed here is about 150 and the contract worl to leave this concern July is not it may be easily seen seventh of the total business done here fo the egOvernment.-HartfOrd Times.